Rag looper



Oct. 30, 1951 E. M. KUEBLER RAG LOOPER Filed March 1, 1949 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 30, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAG LOOPER Enid M. Kuebler, Bensenville, 111.

Application March 1, 1949, Serial No. 79,035

6 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a device for use in making crocheted rag rugs.

In making crocheted rag rugs, it is customary to sew together by hand or machine, individual strips of suitable material. However, this is a laborious and tedious task and requires a great deal of time. It has been found that instead of manually or machine sewing these strips of material together, the device of the present invention will permit a person to readily and easily tie the strips securely together whereby these strips can be made into a continuous ball and then can be used in making crocheted ra rugs.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a device which will enable the user to readily tie strips of material together without the necessity of sewing whereby the strips can be used in making crocheted rag rugs.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for tying strips of material together which is extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other object and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device for use in tieing strips of material together;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the device;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the use of the knife for tieing strips of material together.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral l designates a horizontally disposed base which may be fabricated of any suitable material. Carried by the base I0 is a plurality of feet II which are secured to the base by suitable securing elements, such as screws l2, Figure 2, the

feet II serving to support the base l0 above a horizontal supporting surface.

an aperture or opening 19 adjacent its outer or tip end for a purpose to be later described.

An arcuate cover 2|] is pivotally connected to the base It by mean of a hinge 2 I, whereby the cover 20 is free to swing about a horizontal axis. The cover 20 serves to enclose and cover the knife I6 when the latter is not in use, and the cover 20 also coacts with a stop member 22 for holding the knife It in vertical, operative position, Figure 2. The stop member 22 includes a horizontal portion 23 which is secured to the base It] by suitable securing elements 2d and projecting from the horizontal portion 23 is a resilient hook member 25 which coacts with the projecting ear 26 on the cover 20 to hold the knife l6 therebetween, Figure 2.

In use, when making crocheted rag rugs, the knife I6 is moved. or swung to its vertical position, Figures 2 and 4, and a first strip of material B, of any length, Figure 4, which has been previously cut into Widths of one-half to one and onehalf inches is gently forced down on the knife so that the blade pierces the strip B, adjacent one end thereof and the strip B is moved downwardly until it is below the eye or aperture IQ of the knife I6. Next, a second strip A, Figure 4, is gently forced down so that the blade pierces the cloth and the second strip A is arranged in superimposed relation with respect to the strip B. Then the other end of the strip B is inserted into the eye I9 of the blade so that it assumes the position indicated at B in Figure 4. Then, the user grasps the strips A and B close to the aperture IQ of the knife l6 and raises the strips upward so that the end B which was threaded through the eye l9 of the knife will slip through the cuts in each strip. The strips can now be removed completely from the knife blade and the user can pull the end B so that a small knot is formed. Next, another strip of material is inserted or is placed on the knife blade as was previously done with the first strip B, and this new strip is tied to an end of one of the previously tied strips in the same manner and the cycle is continuous.

While I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, this is by way of illustration onlyand I consider as my own all such modifications in construction as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device for tieing strips of fabric together, a horizontally disposed base, a pair of spaced opposed brackets secured to said base, a knife having one end pivotally connected to said brackets, there being an aperture in said knife 3 adjacent the other end thereof, and a cover hingedly connected to said base and mounted for swinging movement about a horizontal axis.

2. In a device for tieing strips of fabric together, a horizontally disposed base, a pair of spaced opposed brackets secured to said base, a knife having one end pivotally connected to said brackets, there being an aperture in said knife adjacent the other end thereof, a cover hingedly connected to said base and mounted for swinging movement about a horizontal axis, and a stop member secured to said base for coacting with said cover to maintain said knife in vertical, operative position.

3. A device for tieing strips of material together for use in fabricating crocheted rag rugs, comprising a base, a plurality of feet dependingly carried by said base for supporting the latter on a horizontal surface, a pair of spaced opposed L-shaped brackets each having one leg secured to said base, a knife having one of its ends pivotally connected between said brackets, said knife being provided with a tapered blade, there being an aperture in said blade, an arcuate cover hingedly connected to said base and mounted for swinging movement about a horizontal axis, and a stop member secured to said base and coacting with said cover to support said knife in a vertical operative position.

4. A device for tying strips of fabric together, comprising a base, a knife having a long tapered pointed end, means pivotally coupling the other end of the knife to the base to swing on a horizontal axis from a lowered position in which it is substantially parallel with the base to a vertical position in which its pointed end is directed upwardly, a pair of opposed holding members positioned to engage the said other end of the knife at opposite sides and above the pivot therefor when the knife is in the vertical position, and means for shifting one of said two holding members out of holding position to permit movement of the knife to lowered position.

5. A device of the character set forth in claim 4, wherein the said one of the holding members comprises a part of a long cover for housing the lowered knife.

6. A device for tying strips of fabric together, comprising a base, a knife having a long tapered pointed end, means pivotally coupling the other end of the knife to the base to swing on a horizontal axis from a lowered position in which it is substantially parallel with the base to a vertical position in which its pointed end is directed upwardly, a long cover member, means hingedly coupling the cover member at one end to the base at a position remote from the pivoted base of the knife whereby the other end of the cover member may be brought into opposedrelaticn with a side of the knife adjacent to its pivoted end, and a yieldable'stop member for engaging the side of the knife opposite from the said end of the cover to maintain the knife in upright position.

ENID M. KUEBLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 773,001 Close Oct. 25, 1904 1,206,991 Cooper Dec. 5, 1916 2,115,856 Hulshizer May 3, 1938 

